Freight-car



A. I. GLINCHIKOFF FREIGHT CAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14. I921.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

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FREIGHT CAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14. 1921.

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WI TNES s UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER I. GLINCHIKOFF, OF HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII.

FREIGHT-CAR.

Application filed February 14, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, ALEXANDER I. GLINCHI- KOFF, citizen of Russia, and resident of Honolulu, in the county of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Freight- Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to freight cars and has a particular reference to cars or carriages especially adapted for a quick loading and unloading of a bulky freight. It has a further reference to the cars with hinged sides which can be lowered and placed on a platform to be loaded with some bulky material, such as sugar cane.

The cars with hinged sides have been used before for this purpose, but the hinged sides helped only to unload the cars, and the loading required considerable amount of a manual or machine handling of the freight.

In my car I propose to use hinged sides consisting each of two parts forming a case or a bucket, when lowered and laid on av platform for loading. The bulky freight then can be easily dumped in a receptacle formed, temporarily fastened and placed in side of the car by simply raising the sides to their normal position.

My invention is more fully described in the accompanying specification and drawings, in which- Figure l is an end view of my car in a closed position, Fig. 2 is an elevation partly in section, Fig. 3 is an end view showing the sides open and ready for loading, Fig. 4 is an end view with the sides open and folded for unloading, Fig; 5 is an end view in section, showing the load inside, Fig. 6 is a detailed view of a hoisting mechanism, and Fig. 7 is a view of a cable loop.

My freight car consists of an underframe or chassis 1 with Wheels 2 which may be of any desired construction, although on the drawings they are shown to run on the rails 3. The frame or underframe supports a box 4 with permanent end walls or plates 5 and hinged side walls 6. These side walls are connected with a bottom plate 7 by means of hinges 8. The upper portions of the side walls have other hinges 9 connecting them with the upper hinged members 10. These members have bent portions 11. with holes 12 along their free edges. The ropes or other suit-able flexible carriers 13' are fastened to Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921. Serial No. 444,651.

each end of the upper members. These cables pass over sheaves 14: supported by the standposts 15 fastened to the ends 5 of the box 4:. The lower ends of the cables 13 are wound around the sheaves or pulleys 16. The pulleys on each side are connected with shafts 17. One pulley on each end has a gear 18 meshing with a pinion 19 which is fastened on a shaft 20 with a handwheel 21. A ratchet wheel 22 is fastened to the shaft 20. This ratchet wheel is engaged by a pawl 23 pivoted to the standpost 15. These handwheels serveto raise and lower the side walls with hinged members.

Fig. 1 shows a car in a closed position, with the sides and the upper members raised. In order to add stiffness to the structure in this position and to prevent the upper members from going too far inside-stops 2a or lugs are provided on the plates near the hinges 9. These stops rest against each other in a closed position of the car.

The operation of my car is as follows. lVith the pawls 23 released, the sides 6 are lowered to the ground so that the upper members 10 lay fiat on the ground, and the bent portions 11 formbarriors or vertical walls. Next fastening ropes 25 are inserted through the holes 26 on the hinged edge of the sides from the outside until the knots 27 come against these holes. The ropes are temporaril placed inside of the car, and the goods, such as sugar cane. are loaded in a bucket or shell formed with the open sides and upper members, as shown on Fig. 3. When a proper quantity of the cane 31 is loaded, then it is fastened with the ropes 25, passing the free ends of these ropes through the holes 12 and tying them with special knots, such, for instance, as shown on Fig. 7. The knot 26 is made in such manner, that the tension of the load can not release it, but it will become untied, if the free end 27 is pulled.

When both sides of the car are loaded, they are raised to their closed position by means of the handwheels 21 and the cables 13, until the stops 24 prevent any further movement. The ratchet Wheels and the pawls 2223 will hold the sides in a closed position, as shown on Fig. 5.

For unloading the car, the hinged member 6 is first locked to the body 5 by means of a hook 28 and a in 29, and the free member 1-10 is lowered a ter the flexible carriers 25 have been untied and loosened. Then the hooks 28 are again unfastened, and the bin ed member 6 lowered together with the fol ed free member 10, until they drop to the ground, as it is shown in Fig. l, thereby dumping the contents of the car into a suit able receptacle below.

Important advantages of my invention are, that my improved freight car can be loaded very conveniently with any material, package or bulk freight, and can also be quickly unloaded, all these operations requiring but little manual labor and physical exertions, since with my car it is not neces-' sary to raise the load over the highstanding edges of the sides of the car. \Vith my car I can also provide a much larger loading space, the sides with upper members being much higher than it is possible or practicable with ordinary cars of this type, and the goods are secured more firmly during their transportation. .7

I claim as my invention: 7

1. In a freight car, the combination with a frame, wheels supporting said frame, hinges on the sides ofsaid frame, side walls connected with said, hinges, flexible carriers attached to the ends of said side walls, means to support said flexible carriers, means to movesaid flexible carriers, and means to detachably fasten the load to said side walls.

2. In a freight car, the combination with a frame," wheels supporting said name,

hinges on the sides of said frame, side walls connected with said hinges, flexible carriers attached to the ends of said side walls, sheaves supporting said flexible carriers, means to support said sheaves, hoisting attachments adapted to operates-aid flexible carriers, and means to detachably fasten the 7 load to said side walls.

3. In a freightcar, the combination with a frame, wheels supporting said frame, hinges on thesides of said frame, side walls connected with said hinges, flexible carriers attached to the ends of said side walls, sheaves supporting said flexible :carri'ers, means to support said sheaves, hoisting attachments adapted to operate said flexible carrier's independently for 'each sidewall,

and means to detachably connect the load to said side walls. 7

at. In a freight car, the combination with a frame, wheels supporting said frame, hinges on the sides of said frame, side walls connected with said hinges, means to raise and to lower said side walls, a plurality of holes,

' in the free edges of said walls, a plurality of holes in the hinged edges of said walls, and a plurality of ropes cooperating with said holes for the purpose of fastening the load to said walls.

5. In a freight car, the combination with a frame, wheels supporting said frame, hinges on the sides of said frame, side walls connected with said hinges, end walls permanently connected with said frame, said-side walls extending above said end walls and having the form of buckets, means to raise and to lower said side walls, and means to detachably fasten'the load to said side walls.

6; In a freight car, the combination with frame, wheels supporting said frame, hinges on the sides of said frame, side walls connected with said' hinges, end walls permanently connectedwith said frame, said side walls extending above said end walls and having the form of buckets, means to raise and to lower said sidewalls, a plurality of holesnear the freeand hinged edges of said side walls, and a plurality of load'fastening ropes in cooperation with said holes.

7. In a freight car, the combination with a frame, wheels supporting said frame,

hinges onthe sides of said frame, side walls connectedv with said hinges, end walls permanently connected with said frame, hinges on the upperedges of said side walls, uppermembers connected with said upper hinges, a plurality of holes in the free edges of said upper members, a plurality of holes-in the hinged edges of said side walls, anda 'plu-. rality of ropes in cooperation with said holes for fastening the load: to said side walls with the upper members. a a

Signed at Honolulu, in: the county of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii this 81st day of January, A. 11.1921.

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